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<small><i>UNIX/Linux utility to write patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery.</i></small>
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iteratively  writes  patterns  on  files or disk devices to make
retrieving the data more difficult.
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can write patterns direct to disk, destroying any file system 
(preferred method), or it can write patterns on files, or on file system
free space.
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writes NNSA NAP-14.x, DoD 5220.22-M, BSI, 35-pass gutmann, or one of 
several other selectable pattern sequences.
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operates at the POSIX system call level, thus it is portable to a 
wide variety of hardware platforms.  However, this means it cannot do 
certain things like manipulate spare blocks on disks, etc..
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See <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/diskscrub/">
SourceForge summary page</a> for downloads and mailing list. 
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